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lofEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024011
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Does the bread noun loaf come from the verb meaning to idle?
No. The inherited noun continues Middle English lof and Old English hlāf; the idle verb is a later probable back-formation from loafer.
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Loaf is the word inside both lord and lady.
Old English hlāf continues as loaf and is also the exact historical bread component shared by hlāford and hlǣfdige.
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